Womelsdorf man, 90, dies two weeks after falling on ice

Reading Eagle

A 90-year-old Womelsdorf man died Wednesday morning in Reading Hospital of complications from injuries suffered when he fell on ice outside his home two weeks earlier.

James W. Clay was pronounced dead at 6:19 a.m. by a physician in Reading Hospital, according to the Berks County coroner's office. The cause of death was respiratory failure and the manner was accidental, officials said.

Clay was taken to the hospital Jan. 15 after he slipped and fell on ice and broke several ribs. The injuries complicated existing medical conditions, officials said.